This is 2010-2011 revenue numbers from Deloitte. Granted this is total revenue and takes into account shirt sales, sponsorships, etc.. But as I said the spanish super clubs have a pretty serious financial advantage. Maybe it's not primarily down to tv revenue, as I can't seem to find those numbers, but that's a pretty clear gap.

re: 12/23 Match Thread(Posted by BobLoblaw on 12/23/12 at 12:35 pm to TFTC)

quote:They were in regards to certain people at LFC... Apparently Sayings from Spain... He blogged a lot on his website prior to his Chelsea hire...

Yeah he was being asked about Hodgson and his time at LFC I believe during one of his Inter UCL presses. I actually read several of his website blogs, he's a very interesting guy with a great perspective of the game.

From Canal Plus? Yeah. He´s going down in a boat with a lunatic, and can´t believe it.

Like I said yesterday, I thought this was the long forgotten (in Iker´s case), but typìcally esposed, Christmas rest (unless it´s an important match, but it seems Casillas would play no matter how shitty the opponent).

Mourinho is in a tug of war with management, and is looking to get fired (so as to be indemnified).

fricking POS has wasted so much of the club´s time it´s unreal. Flo, too. He railroaded the translator in.

Shit´s going down on Concha Espina, fo´sho´. I just hope RM doesn´t win the CL this year (quite likely, with the perfect ´us against the world ´storm a brewin´, ala Mou´s Inter di Milano luckfest). Not that I wouldn´t like to see Madrid win it all, but I can´t stomach the translator now, imagine then. He´d be absolutely, positively THE most unbearable thing on this planet. Then again, he´d probably leave, as I know he can´t handle the pressure at RM. Not many can.

Yes, but total revenue is a better measure of a teams ability to spend and therefore a better indicator of that teams expectations. After all, spending and success are more highly correlated in soccer than any other professional sport. RM and Barca have a major advantage when it comes to money in relation to any club in Europe. They should be challenging for Europe every year.

Eta: only mentioned tv money because I thought that was the source of the disparity of total revenue between English and Spanish clubs.

quote:Yes, but total revenue is a better measure of a teams ability to spend

This all began based upon your TV revenue superiority assertion.

Again, when I was discussing this before you chimed in, I mentioned that this ´Spanish Giants´thing from a revenue generating standpoint, is the result of recent years, maybe 20% of the time he of the red face and purple nose has been at Manu.

quote:Randy literally doesn't give a frick how much they dominated this game; 3 points

No doubt, should have saved some for the future. Unless of course by some miracle we get back in the title race, +8 will help out the GD.

Serious question for anyone who watched that game. Have you ever seen such an arse kicking in a game? I honestly don't think I have. Wth was Villa doing? We scored 8 goals and really could have very very easily been 11 or 12.

How bad do you have to feel as a ref to call 2 pens when the other team is up 5-0 and 7-0?